France Considers Financial Control of Venezuela
Paris reports suggest France may seek to impose financial control over Venezuela to safeguard its interests while awaiting Washington’s guidance. Ambassadors and officials weigh responses as tensions rise with Caracas over diplomatic ruptures and naval considerations. The Temps cites a Washington solution, and U S authorities monitor possible actions by France and allied powers.
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Temps
Washington
France
Castro
Great Britain
Bolivia
Venezuela
United States
America
Dentist ends 41 day fast for stomach claim
Shermain M. Stauffer of Allegheny ended a planned sixty day fast last Tuesday night after forty one days. A respected local doctor confirms the length, which ended due to an accident he will not disclose. He lost about fifty pounds but says he feels better and his stomach improved, aiming to cure a chronic enteric ailment.
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New York
Piytserg
Shermain M. Stauffer
Allegheny
Stauffer
4Ni
Amaile
Steel splinter removed from Winston man’s brain
A three inch steel splinter was removed from the brain of John Nail of Winston N C at Jefferson Hospital Philadelphia. Surgeons attempted to extract it with a magnet but had to perform surgery after the shard was firmly embedded. The operation was successful and the patient is reported to be convalescing.
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Philadelphia
John Nail
Winston
N.C
Jefferson Hospital
Florida's Famous Trains Across Lines and Schedules
Readable fragments show train names and routes including Florida Special and connections via Penn, Atlantic Coast Line, and Western Illinois routes. Details are partial with times like 2 10 PM and 425 AM, suggesting a timetable brief.
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Florida
Fla
Pla
West
Ingian Lia
Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
Gwas
N. Y
German Officials Angry Over Socialists Public Meetings
Reports from across Germany show authorities bracing for riots tomorrow. In Altona near Hamburg the Socialist leader Kohli offers to provide Socialists to help keep order and the offer is accepted. Altona garrison stays in barracks as special trains await to move troops if needed. Women will be barred from attending Socialist meetings. Berlin sees 93 meetings called to protest the Prussian election law with Bebel and Reichstag members set to speak. Police and military plan strict measures for the Red Sunday commemoration as officers report for 24 hours duty. Police Chief warns against idle curiosity about meeting sites, with severe action for disturbances. Vorwaerts quips thanks the Police President for boosting demonstrations.
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Paris
Hesita‘en Tate Frances
Venezuela
Megin
Washington
Parihis Purgesen Ambassa
Doe Jussevamd
France
Veneanela
Astro Writhd
Ibis
M. Susserand
Wnashington
Dusserand
State Department
M. Jisserand
Root
Store
Russell
Caracas
Willemstad
Port of Spain
la Guayra
Venezuelan
Comimussione
Caimoun
Vesesuels c
States Department
Denver
Culebra
San Jouna
Venezzuela
Altona
Berlin
Herr Bebel
Reichstag
Socialist Executive Committee
Vorwaerts
Wealthy widow dies in apparent suicide at St Urban
Mrs Henrietta Freeman widow of New York merchant Martin Freeman aged 55 or 60, allegedly died by her own action last night by leaping from a sixth floor window at 89th Street and Central Park West. She had been ill with melancholia for two years and lived with her two sons and daughter in an eleven room unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Freeman
Martin Freeman
New York
St. Urban
Eighty-ninth Street
Central Park West
Freeman
I. FP. Obendorfer
Lexington Avenue
Iome
Accritelli
Comet kills two in Hackettstown crossing crash
The Lackawanna Comet high speed engine plowed into a coal train crossing at High Street Hackettstown injuring and killing Walter Williams and his unborn child. Williams tried to rescue his wife as the machine struck their carriage, killing both and leaving her surviving. Officials say no senior company officers were aboard the train.
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New York
Washington, N.J
Lackawanna
Hoboken
High Street
Hackettstown
Walter Williams
Alfred Sully
Atlamuchy
Tacka- Wanna
Williams
Tie
Sailors Rescued From Sinking Kipling by Maine Crew
A gale battered the Nova Scotian schooner Kipling for ten days after Dec 2 voyage from Liverpool. First Officer Freeman and four Maine sailors rescued captain Weber and seven others after a lifeboat ordeal. Dick the dog survived, rescuers returned to Maine with survivors. British Consul General to arrange final repatriation.
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Kipling
Hner Maine
Freeman
Out of Hell
Weber
Eipling
Wipling
Liverpool
Harbor Grace
N.F
England
Mersey
Newfoundland
Shea
Albert Williams
Maine
London
Prager
Sask Weber
Chips
Herbottom
James Murray
New York
Nova Scotia
Trains to Florida From New York Daily Service
The Southern's Palm Limited to Florida via Aiken and Augusta departs New York at 12 55 P M daily except Sunday. Electric lighted coach service. Additional high class trains to Florida and other winter resorts. For complete information contact A B Thweatt Exp 271 Broadway New York.
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Southern
Florida
Aiken
Augusta
New York
Thweatt
Broadway
New York Central to run twenty trains daily to Buffalo
The New York Central Lines announces a schedule adding twenty trains a day between New York and Buffalo. Ady.
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New York
Buffalo
New York Central Lines
Ady
Steamer Fiessie Sunk Off St Simon Pier After Fog
Rescue at Brunswick reports the steamer Fiessie sunk near St Simon pier in shallow water during fog. Crew and passengers remained in the pilot house for hours before rescue and landing on the island. Tugs attempt to raise the vessel. damage expected to be substantial but salvage possible.
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Brunswick
Fiessie
Darien
St. Simon
Hessie
Delightful Journey to Florida Augusta and Aiken
New York daily services advertise electric lighted cars by Southern’s Palm Limited with luxurious equipment. The line offers service to St Augustine Ormond Palm Beach Miami and Nassau with offices at 27th Street and 185 Broadway.
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Florida
Augusta
Aiken
Southern’s Palm Limited
New York
St. Augustine
Ormond
Palm Beach
Miami
Nassau
N. Y
Broadway
Edna May Quells Smell of Smoke at Boston Theatre
Edna May calmed a frightened audience at the Colonial Theatre in Boston during a fire in the baggage room beneath the stage. She reassured patrons from the center stage and saved the performance of A Catch of the Season as sprinklers quelled the blaze and smoke odor.
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Edna May
Colonial Theatre
Miss May
Ballot Box Inspection Granted in Orangetown
Supreme Court Justice Kelly granted G F Beverforden of Pearl River a motion to inspect three ballot boxes in Orangetown Rockland County. Beverforden, claiming he was elected Highway Commissioner and that the vote was not canvassed, plans quo warranto actions to challenge the election. The judge noted ballots may be opened only in a civil or criminal proceeding by an aggrieved party or the prosecutor, but allowed this inspection under Section 111 of the election law.
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Supreme Court
Kelly
Brooklyn
G. F. Charles Beverforden
Pearl River
Orangetown
Rockland County
Beverforden
Railways for Filipinos bids opened for Philippine grants
Bids under new Bureau of Insular Affairs rules were opened for Philippine rail grants. William Solomon & Co. and partners bid on 225 miles in Negros Panay and Cebu at an estimated 19 million dollars with a 95 percent cost guarantee. Speyer & Co. proposed lines in Southern and Northern Luzon with government guarantees, including Dagupan to Laoag conditional on other bids.
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Washington
Granta
Philippines
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Bureau
Wiliam Soloman & Co
New York
Cornelus Vatderbill, Jr
Go White &Coa
Charles M. Swift
Detroit
International Banking Corporation
H.R. Wilson
Heidelbach, Seckelheimer & Co
Santa Cruz
Lucena
Pusacag
Legaspi
Tobaco
Manila
Cavite
Naic
Luzon
Dagupan
Camp No. 1
Laoag
Spever & Co
Lizzon
No Strike on Lackawanna Amicably Settled in Scranton
The Lackawanna Railroad and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen settled their dispute peacefully after a lengthy conference. The agreement ends demands over Article 10 and adjusts engine crew duties including cleaning schedules and work hours. Officials T E Clarke and A C Wilson announced the settlement, with both sides calling the terms satisfactory.
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New York, Times
Scranton
Lackawanna Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Wiremen
T. E. Clarke
A. C. Wilson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Firemen’s Brotherhood
Two Cent Phone Rates Probe by New York Firm
President D A Reynolds of the Great Eastern Telephone Company says Bell Telephone has only cut rates when forced by competition. He recalls a May rate cut after their franchise and predicts New York City will see a two cent rate as they push to break Bell dominance.
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D. A. Reynolds
Great Eastern Telephone Company
New York City
Bell Telephone Companies
Bell ‘Telephone
Mr. Reynolds
Illinois
Atlantic Seaboard
New York
California Tours Offered by Southern Railway to California
The Southern Railway presents two luxury tours via the Washington Sunset Route to California and back, departing March 9 and March 19, with stops in New Orleans, San Antonio, El Paso to Juarez, and principal California points. The 29 day trip with personal escort costs $365, 285, or 220 depending on tour selected, with offices at 185 Broadway.
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California
The
Southern Railway
Washington-Sunset
Washington
Y Sth
Maredeth
New Orleans
San Antonio
el Paso
Juarez
Old Mexico
Salt Lake
Colorado
Broadway
Radium Cures Goitre Claim Examined By Dr Abbe
Dr Robert Abbe of St Luke's Hospital told City College Club radium does not cure deep seated cancer though it shows promise for skin growths goitre and superficial disfiguring cancers. He demonstrated radium effects with phials on finger warts lupus vulgaris and tested diamonds for luminescence while warning of burns and bodily irritation from handling the material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Abbe
St. Luke's Hospital
City College Club
Abbe
Germany
Carnegie Fund in Need Prompts Donations to Sustain Relief
Special to The New York Limes reports posted notices at Carnegie Steel works urging Mr. Carnegie to add funds to the relief program for hurt workers and dependents. Since 1902 four million dollars in Steel bonds finance annual income of two hundred thousand dollars, but overdrafts in 1903 and 1904 require replenishment to prevent future shortfalls.
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New York
Pittsburg
Carnegie _Steel Company
Carnegie Relief Fund
Carnegie
Reduced Rates to Montreal and Ottawa by New York Central
Reduced passenger fares offered by New York Central Lines from February 1 to 11 to Montreal Quebec and Ottawa. For details contact local ticket agents, Ady.
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Montreal
Quebec
Ottawa
New York Central
Ady
Washington Arms at Manor Acknowledges No Removal
London reports Rev J W Ardenne Vicar of Sulgrave denies a claim that the Washington ancestral home scutcheon was removed by an American relic hunter. He states the shield remains in place behind glass at Sulgrave Manor, suggesting the tale may stem from an English joke about an election.
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Mail Car in Belgium
The Ostend Herbest train mail car caught fire today in an accident near Brussels. The car carried the Indian mail and $1,000,000 worth of valuables, all of which were lost but insured. The incident involved the Ostend Herbes line and a large insured loss.
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Brussels
the Patriote
Ostend-Herbesshall
Yerkes Gift to Chicago Promised by Widow
Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes announced in Chicago that she plans a gift to perpetuate her husband’s memory, to be decided later. She said Mr. Yerkes wished Chicago remembered in his will and denied rumors of an upcoming marriage to Wilson Mizner.
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New York Times
Chicago
Charles. T. Yerkes
Theatregoers in a Crash on Forty-Second Street
Two crosstown streetcars carrying theatre patrons collided on Sixth Avenue after 8 o clock when car 101 brake failed on slippery rails. Passengers were shaken but unhurt. motorman Scherzer was pulled free from under the car amid damage to the platform and wreckage. A wrecking crew cleared the line after a long blockage.
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Forty-second Street
Scherzer
West Forty-second Street
Tie
Dyker Heights Clubhouse Fire Damages Brooklyn Facility
A Dyker Treighs Club meeting at 13th Avenue and 86th Street Dyker Heights Brooklyn was interrupted by a midnights fire. Members formed a bucket brigade while firefighters arrived and battled the blaze for about an hour. The clubhouse suffered about 3500 in damages.
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Dyker Treighs Club
Eighty-sixth
Dyker Heights
Brooklyn
CATCH ROCKEFELLER IN PO CANTICO HILLS SUBPOENA EFFORTS
Special to The New York Times reports two men posing as real estate dealers hovered around Pocantico Hills seeking to serve a subpoena on John D. Rockefeller in a Missouri suit against Standard Oil. Rockefeller planned to visit his country home but remained absent. Servants would not reveal his whereabouts despite efforts to learn his location.
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New York Times
Tarrytown, & Y
Estes
John PD. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Standard Oil
Missouri
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Pocantico
How to Be a Gentleman Bequest Milestone In Will
JOPLIN Mo Jan 20 A W Carson longtime southwest Missouri journalist died this morning His will leaves 10000 for the dissemination of Mark Twains How to be a Gentleman among North region Y M C A s He died leaving about 30000 in estate most to his sister Mrs Sarah Hunt of New York City A 3000 fund for disabled printers funds to help those in the local hospital were also included
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New York Times
Joplin
A. W. Carson
Missouri
Mark Twain
North
Tle
South
Carson
Buffalo
Ife
Sarah Hunt
New York City
Aeronaut Falls 2060 Feet in Balloon Accident
Lind say Cooper of Clarinda Ohio fell 2060 feet from his balloon at Wolfe City Texas while ascending and was instantly killed. About 400 eyewitnesses watched the accident. Cooper suffered a broken wrist but no other bone fractures. An ad note follows about travel to Florida by sea with Savannah Line tickets.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Lindsay Cooper
Clarinda
Ohio
Wolfe City
Cooper
Heat waves sweep Western cities with warming trend
St Louis reports 72 degree warmth and injuries from a heat expanded rail on the Terminal Association line. Chicago records near record warmth with 62 degrees and Cleveland hits 65 as heat prostration is noted. Detroit tops with 4 degrees and Findlay reaches 74 while Columbus climbs to 68 as widespread warmth continues.
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ST. Louis
Cleveland
Maud Singleton
Superior Avenue
Findlay
George Wasson
Main Street
Columbus
Pittsburg Sees Unseasonable Heat Record
Pittsburg on January 20 recorded 66 degrees at 8 a.m., the hottest January day since 1874. Despite sun’s strong rays, many suffered from the heat as forecasters warned the heat would continue.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Warm Wave to Bring Summer Heat to New York
An April like warmth pushes east to New York area as a warm spell replaces cold with a forecasted crest of heat. Temperature climbed from near freezing to around 48 degrees by 6 PM and may reach summerlike levels tonight per the Weather Bureau.
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Jack Frost
St. Agnes’s
New York
Westchester
Ardsley
St. Agnes's
Broadway
Washington
Snowstorm With High Winds Hits South Dakota Towns
Dispatches from Pierre and Huron report a severe snowstorm sweeping South Dakota since early today with high winds. In Sioux City the temperature sits around 19 above zero and is expected to fall to zero or below by morning.
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Sioux City
Pierre
Huron
South Dakota
Citizens' Party backs Guthrie in Pittsburg mayoral race
Pittsburg political scene shifts as the Citizens' Party, now in control of city government, endorses Democrat George W. Guthrie for mayor over Republican Alexander M. Jenkinson. Rumor suggests Jenkinson may quit. Magee could replace him and challenge Guthrie. The Pittsburg Times indicated it would not back Jenkinson.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Citizens’ Party
Hayes
George W. Guthrie
Eratic
Alexander M. Jenkinson
J. C. Frick
Republican Party
Jenkinson
W. A. Magee
Magee
Guthrie
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Kohli
Socialists de
Lackawanna’s
Lackawanna Terminal
Hopoken
Truesdale
Loomis
Lée
Edna
Boston
Justice Kelly
Railways
Firemen’s
Competing Telephone Company
Carnegie Fund IN Need
Washington Arms
Sulgrave
J. W
Sul
Savannah Line
Franklin
Stoker
Dakotas
Burran
Mich
Sieze
Citizens’ Party Inctorses
Democratic
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